Indians Prospect Insider

Cody Allen (Photo: Jesse Piecuch)Today we kick off the IPI’s year end awards with the announcement of the Rookie of the Year. In the coming days the Defensive Player of the Year, Biggest Disappointment, Biggest Breakthrough, Reliever of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year and All-Tony Team will be announced.
The Rookie of the Year Award...

Jake LoweryAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special Instructional League version of ATF that recaps each of the 13 Instructional League games the Indians minor leaguers will play this fall as well as games played in the advanced Instructional League (Arizona Parallel League, AZPL). The positions listed below are where the player...

Ross Atkins (Photo: IPI)The Major League Baseball season officially came to an end with a wild finish last night, but the minor league baseball season has been done for some time now.
Earlier this week I had a chance to sit down and talk to Indians Vice President of Player Development Ross Atkins about the 2011 season, what happens next for him and his staff, and about several players in the...

Carlos MoncriefAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special Instructional League version of ATF that recaps each of the 13 Instructional League games the Indians minor leaguers will play this fall as well as games played in the advanced Instructional League (Arizona Parallel League, AZPL). The positions listed below are where the...

Tyler CannonAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special Instructional League version of ATF that recaps each of the 12 Instructional League games the Indians minor leaguers will play this fall as well as games played in the advanced Instructional League (Arizona Parallel League, AZPL). The positions listed below are where the player...

Jake Lowery (Photo: IPI)The “Instructs Spotlight” is a weekly feature piece on a player from the Cleveland Indians farm system that is participating in the Fall Instructional League out in Goodyear, Arizona from September 14th to October 14th.
Week number three starts today for the month long Instructional League out in Arizona. Right about now some of the players will be departing that...

Ronny RodriguezAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special Instructional League version of ATF that recaps each of the 12 Instructional League games the Indians minor leaguers will play this fall as well as games played in the advanced Instructional League (Arizona Parallel League, AZPL). The positions listed below are where the...

Governors' Cup Champions. Triple-A National Champions. Mike Sarbaugh and his team did it again. Wire-to-wire dominance. Whether the team had Lonnie Chisenhall, Jason Kipnis and the like or not, the Clippers were winning ballgames all season long.
In fact, they won the most games in all of minor league baseball (postseason included). They lost just one playoff game, putting their overall record...

Paul Cousineau and I are back on the cyberwaves tonight for some Cleveland Indians baseball talk with another edition of "Smoke Signals" from 11:00 - 11:30 p.m. EST.
The Indians are down to their final three games of the season and have been left to fighting for a .500 or better record and second place in the AL Central Division. While both look very possible at this point, everyone has bigger...

Putnam has the goods to be an impact
reliever in the big leagues (Photo: AP)
Some news, notes, and thoughts from my Indians notebook…
Putnam’s future is now
Welcome to the big leagues Zach Putnam.
Putnam, 24, was called up to the Indians a little less than two weeks ago and made his big league debut in Texas against the Rangers on September 13th. In that debut...

It's been a great
25 years Kinston!
(photo: Jim Pete/IPI)On a rainy night on September 17th in Kinston, North Carolina, a baseball season came to an end. It was a nondescript play, as Casey Frawley swung at a pitch outside the strike zone, popping out to the catcher in foul territory. Losing a championship on a foul-out isn't how you write the script to end a season, let alone a franchise....

LeVon WashingtonAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special Instructional League version of ATF that recaps each of the 12 Instructional League games the Indians minor leaguers will play this fall as well as games played in the advanced Instructional League (Arizona Parallel League, AZPL). The positions listed below are where the...

Cole Cook (Photo: Lianna Holub)"Minor Happenings" is a weekly column which recaps the important developments and news in the Indians farm system. While most of the information in this report is from my own research and through interviews I have conducted with organizational personnel, some information in this report is collected and summarized from the various news outlets that cover each team.

Bo GreenwellAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special Instructional League version of ATF that recaps each of the 12 games the Indians minor leaguers will play this fall as well as games played in the advanced Instructional League (Arizona Parallel League). The positions listed below are where the player was playing in the game.

Here are the final 2011 playoff stats for Triple-A Columbus and High-A Kinston. These will be stored and located in the state section along the top below the header. Included in there are some stats from previous playoff years, Instructional League stats, spring training stats, and more.
*Note: The Columbus stats do not include the Triple-A National Championship game.
Columbus Cippers

Danny SalazarAround the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special Instructional League version of ATF that recaps each of the 12 games the Indians minor leaguers will play this fall. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in the game.
Here is the first game report from Instructional League. Note that the recaps...

Juan Diaz in action on Tuesday night.
(Photo: AP)
This is starting to look too easy.
On Tuesday night the Columbus Clippers defeated the Pacific Coast League champion Omaha Storm Chasers by a final score of 8-3 for their second straight Triple-A National Championship.
With the win Clippers manager Mike Sarbaugh is a perfect two-for-two not only in winning the International...

Trey Haley (Photo: IPI)The “Instructs Spotlight” will be a feature piece once or twice a week featuring one player from the Cleveland Indians farm system that is participating in the Fall Instructional League out in Goodyear, Arizona from September 14th to October 14th.
Week two of the four-week Fall Instructional League program out in Goodyear, Arizona kicks off today. Some players taking...

Paul Cousineau and I are back on the cyberwaves tonight for some Cleveland Indians baseball talk with another edition of "Smoke Signals" from 11:00 - 11:30 p.m. EST.
The season is winding down as the Indians have just 12 games remaining, and along with that Smoke Signals is coming to a close as well. Tonight is one of three final shows that will air before going in mothballs for the winter...

Sailing with the Clippers is a weekly Monday morning installment that explores the week that was for Triple-A Columbus.
After a first-round sweep of the Durham Bulls, your Columbus Clippers advanced to the Governors' Cup Championship Series for a second consecutive season. Their opponent, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. In the regular season, Lehigh Valley took five of eight contests between...